Hancko to the Premier League? Newcastle interested in Slovakian midfielder to play in Champions League

Only a year ago he headed from Sparta Prague to Feyenoord, now he could move again. Dávid Hancko has had an excellent season and Newcastle United, the fourth team of the last Premier League season, are interested in his services.

Dávid Hancko has had an excellent season. But it has started in pretty much the worst possible way. His blunder defacto knocked Sparta out of the European cups, but a few days later he was transferred to Feyenoord.

He immediately started to thrive in the Netherlands, eventually playing 31 league games, playing in the Europa League and playing regularly for the national team. He was widely praised by everyone and it’s no wonder that he is attracting interest from international teams.

There is currently speculation that he is one of the suitors of Newcastle United, who finished a fine fourth last season and will be part of the Champions League group stage next season.

According to the Daily Mail, Eddie Howe is interested in the Slovakian full-back precisely because he needs to expand his squad to be able to play more competition. Hancko would thus be able to get on the pitch without much trouble.

But he is certainly not the only defender who is in the Magpies’ sights. The club is also said to be interested in Joachim Andersen from Crystal Palace, and the arrival of central midfielder Sandro Tonali from AC Milan is already basically complete.

The transfer is expected to cost up to £55 million, with Tonali himself currently at the U21 European Championships representing his native Italy.

But back to Hanck. There is currently no speculation on any closer amount, his value according to Transfermarkt is 25 million euros and would definitely be much higher if he were to leave.

Alternatively, Sparta themselves could be happy as they regularly put a percentage of resale proceeds into their transfers of talented players.

Source: Daily Mail